Guitar: Shallow Brown (Including lyrics and chords)
1,555 views · Published 9 September 2016 · 5:14 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: threelegsoman · 2016 · Education
This is the second of the songs requested by "13WOLVEN". This is a 'forebitter', i.e. a foc'sle shanty which is not a work song, but an entertainment song the sailors would sing when off duty sitting on the bitts (posts used to attach mooring lines or the anchor chains). I can just imagine this being sung with the other members of the crew harmonizing on the refrain lines "'Shallow, Shallow Brown" and perhaps a concertina providing the instrumental accompaniment. This one is an American lament at leaving home and family and is more often sung A Capella, but I have used my guitar to provide a bit of accompaniment using my own chord progression.
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